But I have the child's happiness in my hands; can I trample it beneath my feet?
It seems to be my plain duty to take her to me.
"But there are others to consider.

For me, would it not be the better part to show her that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be my first consideration?
Certainly there is nothing in a man I despise more than conceit in affairs of this sort.

When I hear one of my sex boasting of his 'conquests,' I turn from him in disgust.

'Conquest' implies effort; and to lay one's self out for victories over the other sex always reminds me of pigeon-shooting.

On the other hand, we must make allowances for our position of advantage.